A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.195

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The subjects dealt with are: the general treatment of khaṇḍauṣṭha (22.1–2); the treatment of khaṇḍauṣṭha due to vāta (22.3–5ab),⁵⁷⁶ pitta or a trauma (22.5cd–7),⁵⁷⁷ kapha (22.7d–8),⁵⁷⁸ fatty tissue (22.9);⁵⁷⁹ the treatment of jalārbuda (22.10); the treatment of gaṇḍalājī (22.11ab); the treatment of śītadanta (22.11cd–13ab),⁵⁸⁰ dantaharṣa⁵⁸¹ and dantabheda⁵⁸² (22.13cd–14ab), pracaladvija⁵⁸³ (22.14cd–15);⁵⁸⁴ a supernumerary tooth (adhidantaka) should, after preparatory treatment, be extracted; the after-treatment is like that of kṛmidanta (22.16–17ab);⁵⁸⁵ the treatment of dantaśarkarā⁵⁸⁶ (22.17cd–18ab)⁵⁸⁷ and kapālikā (22.18cd);⁵⁸⁸ the treatment of kṛmidantaka (22.19–22);⁵⁸⁹ when this treatment is not successful, the tooth should be extracted, even if not loose, with a saṃdamśaka or dantanirghātana;⁵⁹⁰ after-treatment (22.23–25);⁵⁹¹ patients unfit to undergo extraction (22.26ab);

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upper teeth should never be extracted, because this would result in many complications (22.26cd–27ab);⁵⁹² the treatment of śītāda (22.27cd–28),⁵⁹³ upakuśa (22.29–32ab),⁵⁹⁴ dantapuppuṭaka (22.32cd–33ab),⁵⁹⁵ vidradhi (22.33cd–34),⁵⁹⁶ suṣira (22.35–37ab),⁵⁹⁷ adhimāṃsaka (22.37cd–38),⁵⁹⁸ vidarbha (22.39),⁵⁹⁹ nāḍī (22.40–42ab),⁶⁰⁰ the varieties of kaṇṭaka (22.42cd–44ab),⁶⁰¹ jihvālasa (22.44cd),⁶⁰² upajihvikā (22.45–46ab),⁶⁰³ and (gala)śuṇḍikā (22.46cd–50ab);⁶⁰⁴ the surgical treatment described in the context of galaśuṇḍikā may also be applied in cases of saṃghāta, puppuṭa and kūrma⁶⁰⁵ (22.50cd);⁶⁰⁶ the treatment of the āma and pakva stages of tālupāka (22.51–52);⁶⁰⁷ the treatment of tāluoṣa (22.53–54ab);⁶⁰⁸ the general treatment of diseases of the throat (22.54cd–58ab); the treatment of rohiṇī due to vāta (22.58cd–59),⁶⁰⁹ pitta (22.60–61ab),⁶¹⁰ blood (22.61cd),⁶¹¹ and kapha (22.62–63ab); the same treatment (as in rohiṇī due to kapha) may be applied in cases of vṛnda, śālūka, tuṇḍikerī, and gilāyu⁶¹³ (22.63cd);⁶¹⁴ the treatment of (gala)vidradhi (22.64);⁶¹⁵ the treatment of galagaṇḍa due to vāta (22.65–68),⁶¹⁶ kapha (22.69–71),⁶¹⁷ and fatty tissue (22.72);⁶¹⁸ when galagaṇḍa does not respond to these therapeutic procedures, it should be managed like a vraṇa (22.73ab);

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the general treatment of mukhapāka (22.73cd–74);⁶¹⁹ the treatment of mukhapāka due to vāta (22.75),⁶²⁰ pitta⁶²¹ and blood (22.76a), kapha (22.76b–d),⁶²² and all the doṣas (22.77ab);⁶²³ the treatment of pūtivadana⁶²⁴ (22.79cd–81ab); the formula of a compound drug against many mukharogas, devised by Videhādhipati (22.81cd–83); the formula of a compound medicine against all mukharogas, which, moreover, confers the sight of a vulture and the hearing of a hog (22.84–86); a recipe against moles, etc. (vyaṅga, nīlī, mukhadūṣikā), of the face, making this as lovely as the moon (22.87); a formula effective against all mukharogas, in particular loose teeth (22.88–89); a recipe for pills, to be held in the mouth, against all diseases of the oral cavity (22.90–94); a related recipe for a medicated oil, particularly effective in making the teeth fixed and firm (22.95); these pills and the oil should be used daily to ensure health and steadiness of the teeth (22.96); the recipe of a kavala against all mukharogas (22.97); a cūrṇa, mixed with honey, against diseases of the teeth (22.98);⁶²⁵ similar preparations, called kālaka (22.99)⁶²⁶ and pītaka (22.100);⁶²⁷ a rasakriyā against diseases of the throat (22.101); a recipe preventing the occurrence of mukharogas (22.102); recipes against mukhapāka (22.103), all mukharogas (22.104), mukhapāka and nāḍīvraṇa (22.105); a series of similar prescriptions (22.106); a gaṇḍūṣa that strengthens weak teeth (22.107);

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diseases affecting the oral cavity, roots of the teeth and the throat usually show a predominance of kapha and blood; for that reason bloodletting is useful (22.108); general measures against these diseases (22.109); articles of diet, etc., which remove kapha (22.110); diseases of the throat, when neglected, obstruct the kind of vāta called prāṇa, and should therefore be treated without any delay (22.111).